Cigar-making machine.



, PATENTBD JULY 16, 1907.

L. A. SGHAEFFBR. CIGAR MAKING MAGHINE'. APPLIOATION TILED SEPT. 25,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LESTER A. SGHAEFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO EDGAR A.

SOHAEFFER AND B. D. ANNEWALT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CIGAR-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Original application filed September 25 1905, Serial No. 278,964:-Divided and this application filed $eptember 25,1905. Serial No.280,066.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESTER A. SCHAEFFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Making Machines;and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar making machines, and theinvention consists specifically in means for cutting a cigar wrapper onthe machine, and is a division of an application for improvements inmachines for making cigars filed concurrently with this application andbearing Serial N 0. 278,964.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of the wrapperroller cutting portion of the cigar making machine above referred to,and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a plan view of the portion of the said mechanism containing theroller for cutting the leaf and the means for tilting the same, and Fig.4 is an elevation of the said mechanism looking in from the left of Fig.3 and showing the roller tilted for its return trip. Fig. 5 is avertical sectional elevation of the roller and its imme diate support,as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the manufacture of cigars by machinery it is. desirable that thereshould be a wrapper cutting mechanism on the machine, and adapted toboth cut and to hold the wrapper preparatory for the wrapping operation.This operation immediately succeeds the cutting of the wrapper, as isfound especially in the machine above referred to and in which all theoperations are automatic. Furthermore, several different ways have beenemployed from time to time for cutting wrappers on machines, all ofwhich include a die or cutter shaped to the form the wrapper is desiredto have, and in one instance having a roller running broadly across bothedges of the die and cutting out the wrapper while the reverse movementof the roller is idle, suction being employed to hold the wrapper inplace.

In another machine, and as set forth in. my concurrent applicationSerial No. 64,7 38, the roller is arranged and adapted to run around thecircuit of the die, making the run up one side and around the end of thedie and down the other side, thus making a single running Contact withthe die. This latter construction has the advantage of accommodating theroller to any inequalities in the die, which is practically impossiblein a roller that bears on both edges across the die at the same time.

In the present construction I provide means for muning the rollerforward over one edge and back over .the other, with the roller tiltedor inclined horizontally first one way and then the other, the changefrom one inclination to the other coming at the inner end of the sweepof the roller where it pauses temporarily for reversal. The means bywhich this Iiovel operation is worked out comprise a horizontallyswinging or rotatable arm A, which carries the wrapper cutting roller 13at its outer end, and said arm is pivoted at (1 upon the main frame ortable of the machine insuch position and relation as to sweep therollerback and forth over the die or wrapper cutter D. Normally the saidarm is retired to starting position as seen in Fig. 1, and the limit ofits inward sweep and the position of reversal or tilting of the rolleris shown' in Fig. 3. Here the roller is seen to have reached the innerend or portion of the die, and the roller itself is tilted from theouter edge to the inner edge thereof, so as to travel back and cut alongthe inner edge as will hereinafter more fully appear. In the fullmachine above referred to this operation is automatic, but the saidlever may be operated by hand in a more simple form of the machine.

In detail, the roller B Fig. 5, is supported on a vertical spindle I)having a bracket 72 at its lower end in which the said roller isrotatably mounted, and the said spindle is carried by a head E, in whichit is rotatable and has a reduced portion surrounded by a spiral springf. The'said head is supported upon its inside against the end of arm Aby means of a horizontal pivot screw or pin 2, projecting through a holein I 1 said arm, in this instance, and having threaded fasteningengagement at its extremity in the side of the said head. This affords arocking support for .the head upon said arm, and the extent of suchrocking is determined by the degree or distance the roller is requiredto tilt or incline as it travels over the respective edges of the dieback and forth. Obviously, the rotation on pin 2 would be slight undersuch requirements, and the tilting of the said spindle or standard Bthrough the head E is automatically effected by means of a short lever 3pivoted between its ends on the top and end of arm A and adapted toengage at its inner end in a recess 4 in the top and rear portion ofhead E. It follows that when lever 3 is rotated on its pivot it willturn the head E upon its pivot 2 more or less and thus tilt roller B toan inclined horizontal position.

The means for actuating lever 3 may be largely varied and come withinthe terms of the invention, but in this instance I show an adjustablestop 5 supported from the main frame of the machine and adapted toengage the heel of an actuating lever 6 pivoted on arm A rotate upon itspivot according to the adjusted position of said stop and thus actuatelever 3 and tilt the roller. The parts are then held in this position bymeans of a spring pressed bolt F Fig. 4 socketed in arm A in position toengage in a hole in the outer integral end 9 of lever 6, and said bolthas a collar 10 about its body. On the return of arm A to starting placethe roller B is reversely inclined through a fixed projection G having atapered inclined end or edge 9 which engages upon collar 10 ot bolt Fand depresses the same so as to release lever 6. Then spring 12 acts andthrows all the said parts with roller B into opposite or startinginclination, Fig. 2. One end of spring 12 is attached to a finger'13 onthe heel of lever 6 and the other end at the outer end of lever 3.

The wrapping roller carrying arm is indicated by H and the wrappingroller by h, while J is the die carrying plate, adapted to be raisedafter cutting the wrapper to make room for the wrapping mechanism.

It is to be noticed as peculiar to this machine that while a straightroller is used of a length to reach across the die it is always in aninclined or tilted position and therefore cuts only along one edge ineach of its movements back and forth over the die. This gives me theadvantage of a narrow rolling contact with the edge of the die whichaccommodates itself to the slightest inequalities therein and assuresthe perfect severing oi the wrapper from the tobacco leaf.

A slotted arm 15 fixed to the upper end of spindle b has a slidingengagement With post 16 on head E adapting said spindle to a verticalmovement under tension of spring f but preventing its rotation.

What I claim is:-

1. In a machine for making cigars, a pivoted member adapted to swinglaterally back and forth, a wrapper cut ting roller thereon, and meanson said member adapted to tilt the roller operatively in respect to ahorizontal plane, in combination with an oblong die longitudinallydisposed in the line of the arc movement of said roller.

2. In a machine for making cigars, an arm rotatable horizontally, awrapper cutting roller carried by said arm adapted to travel on the arcof a circle, and means to alternately raise and depress the ends of saidroller as the roller travels over its work, in combination with anoblong die longitudinally disposed in the path of said roller.

3. In a machine for making cigars, a horizontally swinging arm and awrapper cutting roller supported thereon on a vertical axis, and meansto incline said axis and thereby tilt the roller.

4. In a machine for making cigars, a rotatable arm and a wrapper cuttingroller thereon having an upright axis, a separate support for the rolleron said arm and means adapted to turn said support to tilt the rollerand incline the same horizontally.

5, in a machine for making cigars, a radially movable arm, a wrappercutting roller having an adjustable vertical spindle and a membercarrying said spindle having a horizontal pivot on said arm, andmechanism to turn said member on its pivot and thereby tilt the saidroller, in combination with a die plate beneath said roller.

6. In a machine for making cigars, a swinging arm and a wrapper cuttingdie, a roller upon the outer end of said arm having a vertical carryingspindle and a tilting support for said spindle, and means to tilt saidsupport and spindle and incline said roller reversely in the back andforth movements of said lever.

7. In a machine for making cigars, the combination of a wrapper cuttingdie having an irregular curved cutting edge, with a cutting roller, anarm carrying said roller and adapted to sweep said roller on the arc ofa circle on bisecting lines over said die edge, and means to tilt saidroller to one inclination in the outward sweep of said arm and to theopposite inclination in the backward sweep thereof.

8. In a machine for making cigars, an arm adapted to swing horizontallyand a tilting member thereon, a vertically movable spindle within saidmember, a cutting roller carried by said spindle, and mechanism to tiltthe said member to 'opposite inclinations alternately in the back andforth movements of said arm, in combination with devices to engage saidmechanism and cause its re versal.

S). In a machine for making cigars, a horizontally movable arm and aroller having a vertical carrying spindle and a spring therefor, asupporting member for said spindle pivotally mounted on said arm,mechanism carried by said arm adapted to tilt said member, and fixedprojections adapted to operate said mechanism at the reversing movementsof said arm.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

LESTER A. scnnnnnnn.

Witnesses R. B. MosER, C. A. SELL.

